Back in our Ft. Hood days, I would occasionally enjoy a lemon drop martini from Texas Land and Cattle, my hands down favorite steak house in Central Texas. Once here, I started missing that drink, so I decided to try to mimic it. I think I did a pretty good job. If you like the basil-lime martini, you are sure to like the lemon drop martini as well. I used basically the same recipe I use for the basil-lime martini, just switching things up a bit. The result is pretty good, that is unless my memory has failed me.

Make simple syrup by simmering sugar and water together in a saucepan until all sugar has dissolved and syrup get a tad thick.Turn heat off, throw in all lemon zest.Let cool.Once cooled, pour lemon simple syrup through a strainer to remove all the zest.Using a funnel, pour the lemon simple syrup into the storage container, add lemon juice and vodka.Put the lid on and shake. If you want one right away, just add ice to a cocktail shaker add a martini and shake, pour into a prepared martini glass with a sugar rim.If you are making these in advance for a party, they will last a very long time in the freezer – when you pull them out of the freezer just shake and pour.Ahhhh……

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Proud Army wife and mother to 4 wonderful children.I love to cook, travel, work out and scrapbook life’s adventures when I find the time. We just got orders & are heading back to the states in March 2010. I'm bummed that our time has been cut short, but proud of Hubby for the reason why.